Milton Glaser 10 Life Lessons

In 2001 Milton Glaser revealed the following "Ten Things" to an AIGA audience in London . Must reading for all entrepreneurs.

1. YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE.
2. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NEVER HAVE A JOB.
3. SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM.
4. PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH or THE GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF THE GREAT.
5. LESS IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE.
6. STYLE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
7. HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN.
8. DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY.
9. ON AGING.
10. TELL THE TRUTH.

Milton Glaser a famed graphic designer "had a major impact on contemporary illustration and design. His work has won numerous awards from Art Directors Clubs, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Society of Illustrators and the Type Directors Club. In 1979 he was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and his work is included in the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Israel Museum and the Musee de l'affiche in Paris. Glaser has taught at both the School of Visual Arts and at Cooper Union in New York City. He is a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI)."

Looking for Failed Entrepreneurs!

In Technology Review Brad Feld wants "the experienced entrepreneur whose last company was a failure 100% of the time. The cliche “you learn more from failure than success holds true”, but more importantly the dude that just came off a failure and is ready to go again is super-extraordinary-amazingly hungry for a success."

Feld shows and reviews the video of Zynga's Mark Pincus about his lessons from Tribe – fail fast. Watch it to learn what the best entrepreneurs learn from both failure that they don't learn from success.

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Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years. He is co-founder of Foundry Group and currently serves on the board of directors of Gnip, Oblong, and Zynga Game Network for Foundry Group. The posts published here originally appeared on www.feld.com.